And so it begins.
Oh well.
I responded to a Reddit post this morning asking what should be done about Felon 45's insider trading and manipulation of the stock market.
My response was, "Bring back the guillotines and drag that orange daughterfucker and his entire administration out of the White House."
Apparently someone was triggered. I received a 3-day ban from the entire site for "inciting violence."
I had a premium (ad-free) subscription that was good for another eight months, but I said fuck it, and wrote it all off. I canceled the recurring subscription and then deleted my account completely. This was my last connection to social media—save for a nearly-inactive Instagram account that I still have only to bring you guys those horrible Star Trek jokes.
Fuck 'em.
And on the subject of putting my money where my mouth is (or cutting off my nose to spite my face, depending on your viewpoint), I realized the other day I still had some money left on my Starbucks Gold Card. (I've been a member since 2010 or thereabouts.) Since I've given up supporting that union-busting multi-millionaire CEO, I'll be damned if I was going to let him keep drawing whatever pittance of interest the company gets from holding my remaining balance. I ordered a coffee this morning and then left a $5 tip, leaving only a few cents on the card. (I would've zeroed it out completely if that had been an option, but sadly it wasn't.)
So fuck Brian Nicol too.
And you know what? After being away from Starbucks going on six weeks now, I won't say that Starbucks coffee isn't bad insomuch as it's just uninspiring—especially after having a month-long diet of much better java from local businesses.
Mark, I'm on Lemmy these days, and you might enjoy it. Very similar to Reddit, with subreddits and voting and threaded comments and all, but with a much smaller and smarter audience, no corporation in charge, no ads, and lots less censorship. Your comment about the orange daughterfucker would be way upvoted, not removed.
https://lemmy.world/
We have done similar. Canceled Facebook and Amazon Prime and haven't shopped there since last year. No longer go to Target. Trying to put our money where our mouth is, shopping as local as possible and avoiding notoriously evil (or evil supporting) corporations.
Apparently, we're supposed to support a president who freely exudes characteristics and attitudes without consequences, while the rest of us get punished for saying or doing the same thing . Fuck that. Fuck them all.